Electro

The Balek Band - Médecines (LP)

Per Ubi Grecia

Before @busy-p-official was Busy P, Pedro Winter was a kid who would skate the streets of Paris, where he was born. He first picked up a skateboard in 1989 and even after his interests and passions had drifted elsewhere, one core skate tenet stuck with him: No matter how many times you fall, the important thing is to get back up and go again. By the time 1995 came, Busy P had gravitated to DJing, with the same mantra guiding what he did, playing oddball sets that clashed rap and electronic music in a way that many considered to be weird. 

He started to organize his own dance nights and became part of a creative circle of friends that included artists like Motorbass, @cassiusofficial, @etienne-de-crecy or @daftpunkofficialmusic – the 18th arrondissement gang that would eventually become global superstars of the “French Touch” movement. As well as his rise as a DJ, Busy P became the manager of Daft Punk in 1996, helping guide the two human robots for twelve years on their voyage from local heroes to, as he put it in the Carhartt WIP 25th anniversary archive book, “the biggest rock stars in the galaxy.”

In 2003 he launched Ed Banger Records, the seminal French label that has housed the likes of Uffie, @justice-official, Mr. @oizo-mr-3000, @breakbot, @feadz-1, @sebastian1-music and more recently @myd. Known for its pop-influenced electronic sound, which incorporates elements of hip hop, disco, and electro, the label has constantly pushed genre boundaries. 

For Carhartt WIP Radio, Busy P conducted a mix that, in his words, explores the “darker side of the label.” It features under-the-radar gems by producers like @krazy-baldhead, @mr-flash, Zongamin and Borussia, as well as lesser-known tunes by iconic acts like Mr Oizo, Cassius and DJ Mehdi. 

We also sat down with Busy P, discussing upcoming @edbangerrecords releases, our uncertain pandemic times, the break-up of Daft Punk, and some things he’s always wanted to do, but hasn’t done yet.

Check the interview at www.carhartt-wip.com/journal/music

track list:
1.: Krazy Baldhead - Stand Still  
2.: Mr Flash feat. Cities Aviv, Action Bronson & Oh No - Number 1  
3.: DJ Pone - Flaken's Maze
4.: Boston Bun feat. Piu Piu - Time Bomb 
5.: Feadz & Kito - Wettex (Cashmere Cat Remix)
6.: Mr Oizo feat. Phra - Dolce Vita 
7.: Zongamin - Bongo Song (Mr Flash remix)
8.: 10LEC6 - Bone Bame (Waajeed dub)
9.: Para One - Elevation (Boston Bun remix)
10.: Cassius - I<3 U SO 
11.: Jus†ice - Pleasure
12.: Breakbot feat Ruckazoid - Fantasy (Arthur Baker remix)
13.: Borussia - Muffin
14.: DJ Mehdi - TragicoMehdi

https://www.carhartt-wip.com/journal/music/radio/2021/05/label-feature-busy-p-ed-banger

Carhartt WIP Radio May 2021: Busy P - Ed Banger Radio Show

4 Septembre 2021 - Festival Elektric Park

Photo: Goledzinowski

Busy P B2B Molécule @ Elektric Park 2021

Label : @abstrack-records

The Balek Band’s first album, Médecines, is the product of a magma of influences, the emanation of large decade of music infused lives. The emotional tessitura is wide: the dark meadows of “The Balek Bad” reach us through like a mantra from the end of a dark tunnel, while just three track earlier it was a caribbean Zouk euphoria which ruled the world. Inbetween, it’s a wide spectrum of hybrid epiphanies : Hagen & Again is a progressive Dub jewel, even Krauty to an extent, where the instruments play the lead role. Cosmic Barry is across the Channel : thick and broken club music, sweating with subs, yet always disputing it to the Funk accent of the the keys and the slap bass. This list of Geographical and stylistic hybridations simplys goes on, and it’s the XX minutes of the album that put an end to it. But beyond the never-ending list, this first album is alive : its gets us breathing the therapeutical air which fills the world of its creators.

Le premier album, Médecines, de The Balek Band est le produit d'un magma d'influences, l'émanation d'une grosse décennie de vies traversées par la musique. Dans l'orbite de la communauté Abstrack, la danse et la fête ne sont jamais loin : dans Médecines, elle dessinent l'ossature multicolore d’un corps traversé par des impulsions aussi fortes que diverses. La tessiture émotionnelle est large : les brumes obscures de The Balek Bad nous parviennent comme un mantra chanté du fond d'un tunnel, alors que trois pistes plutôt, c’était l'euphorie Zouk caribéenne qui semblait indépassable. Entre les deux, un large spectre de fulgurances hybrides : Hagen & Again est un bijou Dub progressif, presque Kraut, où les instruments sont au centre du jeu. L’outre Manche est incarnée dans Cosmic Barry : club musique épaisse et breakée, qui transpire le sub, mais dialogue en fil rouge avec les accents Funk portés par les claviers et la basse slapée. L’énumération des hybridations spatiales et stylistiques continue presque indéfiniment, et n’est finalement limitée que par les XX minutes de l’album. C’est le temps écoulé qui semble donc être la limite à cet incroyable projet, tout comme il en avait été le catalyseur, s’offrant en quantités pléthoriques au groupe, lors des premiers confinements.

Médecines

05 The Balek Band - Hagen & Again

04 The Balek Band - Blanc Nuit

02 The Balek Band - Charbon Alcool

01 The Balek Band -  Introspection

The Balek Band step up for their debut LP, a gorgeous record of Post-Funk Psychedelica, Caribbean Electronics and otherworldly Rhythmic cuts.

As far as Debut LPs go, this is up there. The Balek Band make full use of the Long Player format, this is a record of 9 tracks that work as a whole, each establishing themselves whilst pulling in the same direction as a whole, tapping into different ideas and musical cultures whilst working as a cohesive whole.

Dropping this June on Abstrack Records - The Balek Band "Médecines"

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We made this special 7inch for our upcoming party in London, November 8th at Oval Spaces. 100 units of this 7inch will be sold in our party. Other 100 will be distributed through some London Stores. More info soon in our FB https://www.facebook.com/HivernDisc

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cover by Raw&Rendered
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Deadbeat-Rage Against the Light feat. Delhia de France

Haute Tension

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. 
It is a binary star system in Canis Major, near Orion and inspiration for debut EP on Diynamic. Out now !

Frankey & Sandrino - Sirius

permvac 101-1 John Talabot fin remixes vol. 1 out oct 26th with Remixes by Pachanga Boys, Bullion and Kenton Slash Demon.

JOHN TALABOT " WHEN THE PAST WAS PRESENT " PACHANGA BOYS PURPLE REMIX

01 - Re.You - Merci, Monsieur (Original Mix)

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PREMIERE : The Balek Band - Balek Zouk

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